Caregivers often layer on more and more responsibilities but eventually something has to give and it cannot be your own health and happiness. Instead, find ways to become dispensable to free up more time for your own self-care.
Listen to the show: Creating Self-Care Time by Becoming Dispensable
Words of Encouragement
Each episode starts off with a few words of inspiration or motivation that is pulled from the Happy Healthy Caregiver Jar.
Links & Resources Mentioned
- Related podcast episode 4 – Kids Can Help Themselves, Too
- Referenced blog post expanding on the analogy of how caregiving is like feeding a nest of hungry birds
- Contact Elizabeth to request the worksheet to help you discover more time for self-care: “Help I need more Me Time”
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- Email me with questions or comments about the show. This week’s listener questions: What are the ways you’ve made yourself dispensable so that you have more bandwidth? What is something you are going to try in the next few days? Who can you ask for help?